Devil's Got a Piece of Us

Pour
Another glass
Just like the last
Forget your future and
Forget your past
Devil’s got a piece of us
Devil’s got a piece of us… all
Winter city
Streets in the dark
One office light
If you have work then you stay out late
Devil’s got a piece of us
Devil’s got a piece of us… all
Bridge up the hill
The city mirrors stars
Things are so different
They all get one if you just go far enough
Devil’s got a piece of us
Devil’s got a piece of us
Devil’s got a piece of us all

Tom Waits

Tom waits at the door as you step out
Watch his hair shake
Skin and bone, pale white, scared words
He’s in a hurry and obviously he raves
No time to be lost
No question at all
Quick, fast, move away far
Far away from that town
Where you grew up (lived in)
In his getaway car
Joan’s at his side
The soft side
And at the same time she’s still
Quiet as the night
In the snow-white dark
And the red liqueur that kills
No time to be lost …
Do you wanna stay in your home town
Where you was born?
Or do you wanna leave this safe place
So colourful?
You don’t wanna stay
No, you don’t wanna stay
Tom waits at the shore as you step out
Watch his hair blow
Strong wind, small storm, little light in Joan’s hand
And slowly you grow old
No time to be lost …
Do you wanna stay in your home town
Where you was born?
Or do you wanna leave this safe place
So colourful?
You don’t wanna stay
No, you don’t wanna stay

The Internist

Squeeze my eyeballs
Until all I can see is black
Cut my fingers
Cut my arms and my legs
Loosen this weird knot
Wrapped around my head
Pull my heart out
Slice it carefully into bags
Put each piece on the scales
Give it a number or a Latin word
Rearrange them
In the way you prefer
Bring in cold water
Put in salt, cocaine and soap
Boil it gently
Until there’s white crystal smoke
Wash my thoughts out
Keep the water locked
Shave my hair off
Keep it in a dream-safe box
Go and see if there is a soul
And if – quickly, don’t let it go cold
Go and see if there is a soul
And if – quickly, don’t let it go cold

Top of a Tree

There’s the moonlight reflecting in your eyes
There’s a bridge crossing the water to the stars
There’s just enough people to observe
Standing aimless and causeless on the coast
I’m sitting in that tree, my feet are dangling with the bees
They bumble a song of peace
And all my worries gone awhile
When I think of your calm warm smile
I’ve been sitting all day in the top of the tree
Watching the waves on the sea
I’ve been waiting all night long for the morning to come
And if I get bored I get home
Tu tu tu…
And if someone asked, where have you been?
I’d answer, I tried to be a better man
And it worked out for one whole day
I’ve been between the earth and milky way
I’ve been sitting all day in the top of the tree
Watching the waves on the sea
I’ve been waiting all night long for the morning to come
And if I get bored I get home
Tu tu tu…

Roll On Blues

Train keep on rollin‘, got a hole in my soul
Wherever my love falls to, it is out of control
Train keep on rollin‘, the night is so cold
I know a couple of people only waiting to get old
Roll roll roll
Roll on
Rain keep on fallin‘ to the rhythm of the train
Fall down on me, fall down on Jane
Rain keep on fallin‘, blur the trouble, ease the pain
You came a long way to go down in the drain
Roll roll roll
Roll on
Roll roll roll
Roll on
Water keep on flowin‘, take the blues with you
Wash out all the dust, make the ocean blue
Water keep on flowin‘, wherever you flow to
Wash out all the dust, make the ocean blue

In the Garden

You are hopeless now
Spiders crawling everywhere
And you can’t get out
‚Cause you’re
Lost inside yourself
How can you
Be hopeless so long?
Can’t we
Just break free for an hour?
Here in the garden
You are hopeless now
Spiders crawling everywhere
And you can’t break out
‚Cause you’re
Locked inside yourself
How can you
Be hopeless so long?
Can’t we
Just break free for an hour?
Here in the garden

We Don't Care

Sunlight morning, get the the time to its worth
Some folks get rich today with other people’s work
And while the money’s all floatin‘ down the curb
We don’t care
We don’t care
And every coin that your crises lose
It’s a good sign, it’s a gain for us
Ever since you say that time’s been rough
We don’t care
We don’t care
You can’t love a life that was made out of dust
You can’t love someone if he’s hard to trust
You can’t catch a man who’s right about to fall
You can’t have it all
Soft rain afternoon, the sum is fine
Could be a little more, but not in these times
What you lose, it’s always hard to define
We don’t care
We don’t care
You can’t love a life that was made out of dust
You can’t love someone if he’s hard to trust
You can’t catch a man who’s right about to fall
You can’t have it all

Days to Live

The naked man calls all his friends
To be silent about the time and the place
And his friends do what they’re friends for
They clean all the windows
They forget to close the side doors
Nephews, uncle, brother, sister
Babies crying, mothers whisper
And everybody’s got his place in the mass
The preacher is the only one who never has confessed
Hey, you’ve got a love to hide
Days to live and days to die
The more you sort the more you die
He never lived to do no bad
The priest pulls out a cigarette
A single man can’t be a couple
But God spread all His love and the man got into trouble
Hey, you’ve got a love to hide
Days to live and days to die
The more you sort the more you die
Blue lights flashing through the trees
A stroller can’t believe what he sees
If your friends ever take a walk through the woods
A rope, a bible, used condoms, fresh air is good

Cross the River

It’s a good way
To cross the river right here
You go there
And I’ll wait here
Maybe you come back
And if you don’t
I’ll wait here till I grow old
The river it flows beneath my toes
The river it runs, the river it’s close
I admit we’re stuck somewhere on the road
But Baby, what we’ve found is better
Than gold
I think it’s time
For you to walk your own trail
And I believe
That we will meet another day
Last night in my dreams
I heard myself sing
Tomorrow you come back
And if you don’t
I’ll wait here till I grow old
Maybe you come back
And if you don’t
I’ll wait here till I grow old
Baby, what we found is better
Baby, what we found is better
Baby, what we found is better
Than gold

Boogeyman

‚Cross the hill there’s my hotelroom
I live there alone
I’ve seen you come from there
then you were gone
Last night, the battle with the clowns
thought you were there
Tasted your sweet voice
grabbed the smell of your hair
There is loneliness
hiding in your prayers
Thrown into the crowd
laughing to yourself
Sweet, tender, soft, proven bodies
Instead we’re gonna find them, weeping a child’s prayer
And the day isn’t long enough
water’s runnin‘ down your hair
We reached for places where they broke your golden chair
Fights would be welcome here
though we head back instead
Boogeyman closes in on us
But it seems that you don’t care
There is loneliness
hiding in your prayers
Thrown into the crowd
laughing to yourself
Sweet, tender, soft, proven bodies
Instead we’re gonna find them, weeping a child’s prayer
And the day isn’t long enough
water’s runnin‘ down your hair
We reached for places where they broke your golden chair
Fights would be welcome here
though we head back instead
Boogeyman closes in on us
But it seems that you don’t care

Right Before Our Eyes

We play high, we play low
We play with fire, we play with souls
We steal light, we still miss
We steal hearts, we still kiss
We ride home through the praries
We run dry and no one cares
You’re better off, someone says
Don’t look back – a day ends
Oh ……… well
Right before our eyes
We had it all, and we lost
No one left out here to trust
With the last power we defend
What was ours – a day ends
Oh ……… well
Right before our eyes
We play high, we play low
We play with fire, we play with souls
We steal light, we still miss
We steal hearts, we still kiss
Oh ……… well
Right before our eyes

No Direction Home

When it’s cold outside and your river dried
And you can’t explain how you felt
Then come to me to my bright and warm place
And together we will fight
When it’s warm outside and your river pours
Miss please spell out how you felt
Then leave me here in this cold and dark room
And without you I must stand the night
There’s no direction home
Just a vast blue stone
And you will fall over that stone one day
And you`ll be all alone
When it’s cold outside and my river dried
And I can’t explain how I feel
Then I’ll come back to you to your bright warm place
And together we’ll make it through
There’s no direction home
Just a vast blue stone
And we will fall over that stone one day
And we’ll be all alone
There ain’t no direction home
Just one giant stone
Somehow I fell over that stone today
And I am almost gone

The Hiker

You can look down in the valley
From behind the timberline
A plane across the scenery
Leaving a thin white line
Clouds keep swifting
Up upon the sky
I’m counting things that won’t have changed
Long before I die
And that little creek keeps floating
Its waves keep rolling
The world keeps turning
And no one is complaining
And the sun keeps shining
And the rain keeps falling
People go to work
Every single morning
They fall in love
With each one another
Still everyone’s arranged
To have a mother and a father
And on top of that mountain
Say out your name
To me it always felt
Frightfully trivial
You have a good heart
You have a good soul
And your brain does
What it was made for
So look me in the eyes
Like that I’d spend hours
Without any heading
I’m traveling through open space
How far can you go
Without the stars‘ end
Break free
It’s infinity
Inside yourself